Cristin Zeisler, Jd, Otd, Otr/L, Cgcp Email & Phone Number

We work with brain-injured clients in their homes or in local community settings.We deliver customized care to amplify their strengths and minimize challenges.We provide information and hope as we work closely with family members and other key individuals.A unique feature of almost all our recovery plans is that we use bikes to accelerate therapeutic gains and to literally and figuratively restore balance to lives that have been disrupted by TBI.We shift the thinking around what’s possible after brain injury and we move recovery into just the right gear.

Bringing years of innovative TBI recovery skills to the acute rehab setting, 2 weekend days per month (because that’s where the magic begins…)

Completed Doctoral Residency at USC's Brain & Creativity Institute in the MINDS program (Motor Interpersonal Neuroimaging Developmental Study) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) along with social and behavioral correlates to examine the neurobiological basis for heterogeneous social & motor deficits in ASD. Improved subject recruiting rates by 45% and retention rates by 72%.

Delivered innovative occupation-based treatments at specialized brain injury clinic with a focus on vision therapy, cognitive rehabilitation, community reintegration, vocational training, and return to healthy sexual and intimacy relationships. Client population ranged in age from 10-82 all with acquired brain injuries treated in inpatient, modified inpatient, day treatment, and outpatient settings.

Analyzed data and developed protocols for research projects that examine the neurobehavioral basis of motor learning. Collaborated with USC's Computational Neuro-Rehabilitation Lab to assess and optimize skilled movement behaviors in healthy aging and in those recovering from hemiparetic stroke and other diseases of or injuries to the brain.

Developed and managed projects to engage high-powered attorneys in delivering free legal services to low-powered individuals and communities to help deliver on America's pledge to provide "justice for all." In addition to administering the pro bono program for a 400-attorney law firm, I also directly represented and supervised matters in the areas of: asylum law, disaster relief, education rights, election protection, family rights, Holocaust reparations, and veterans benefits.

Otd, Occupational Therapy/Therapist

Activities and Societies: Funded Research Residency for the MINDS (Motor Interpersonal Neuroimaging Developmental Study) program.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Occupational Therapy/Therapist

Activities and Societies: Pi Theta Epsilon member; Recipient of AOTF Linda Botten Endowed Scholarship (Public Policy); Fully-funded.

Jd, Law